4/5/13 @ Toronto

[NativeBostonian]

I don't know about you guys, but if I had to choose between Iggy and Ciriaco, I would choose Ciriaco. I know Iggy is better on defense, but he is really bad on offense.

[iortiz]

I don't know about you guys, but if I had to choose between Iggy and Ciriaco, I would choose Ciriaco. I know Iggy is better on defense, but he is really bad on offense.

 

Ciriaco is good at defense too.

[User Name]

I did not expect Johnson to have headed so far south to be mainly using junk to set up what is left of his FB. Thought he would have more than that left in the tank. He is qualifying as a junk baller at this point. Unlike Beckett for example also steadily losing velo but at least last year not qualified as a junk baller yet.

 

Heard he got bombed yesterday. Anybody see how Beckett's FB looked yesterday.

 

Junk baller? He can hit 94 right now and it's early in the season. He's not throwing 97 anymore, but he can still throw hard. Come on.

[jung]

Do you mean Beckett? You mean Johnson right? Junk baller to me means a guy that throws excessive offspeed breaking stuff looking to enhance his FB. So far, Johnson is throwing tons of offspeed breaking stuff early in counts...excessively so and way more than I would have expected....then sticking the FB on the tail end of it. Maybe he just does not feel it tonight.

[MJantomaso]

Rasmus forgot to wipe the chocolate off his face.

[Jasonbay44]

Solid inning

[a700hitter]

Boni-fiasco!:lol: Good one by Remy. Maybe Fred is giving him some material.

 

Felix looking good tonight.

[User Name]

Do you mean Beckett? You mean Johnson right? Junk baller to me means a guy that throws excessive offspeed breaking stuff looking to enhance his FB. So far, Johnson is throwing tons of offspeed breaking stuff early in counts...excessively so and way more than I would have expected....then sticking the FB on the tail end of it. Maybe he just does not feel it tonight.

 

He's been throwing less and less fastballs as he loses velocity, but he still throws it way over 50% of the time. Lack of feeling for it is probably the correct assessment.

[SeanJohn93]

napoli!!!

[User Name]

There's your first homer.

[a700hitter]

Napoli with the bomb. Someone called it.

[Jasonbay44]

Napoli! About time he did something

[MJantomaso]

Napolis timing is just way off

[Thunder]

Thanks Mike! First HR of 2013!

[inumba5]

That looked like a flyout off of the bat! First homerun!!

[kapsis21]

Napolis timing is just way off

 

Hehehe.

[MJantomaso]

MLB.tv lag!!

[a700hitter]

Salty is an 8th place hitter in a good lineup.

[kapsis21]

MLB.tv lag!!

 

Ahhh ok

[RedSoxNC84]

So who called the nap homer? Oh yeah, me.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Napoli breaks the ice!

[jopete19]

Loved that Napoli HR! Hopefully there is a lot more like that this year!

[kapsis21]

So who called the nap homer? Oh yeah, me.

 

Me too but to my son today...

[Thunder]

Me too but to my son today...

 

I thought it would happen during the AB.

[RedSoxNC84]

I said it earlier in the game thread, I'm just glad someone got one though!

[jung]

I'm sorry but if Johnson throws like this all season and the deal was Johnson is the cornerstone of the Marlins deal....that will turn out to be a tough deal to justify. The pub at the time though was that the Jays actually wanted Reyes as opposed to considering Reyes a liability in the deal.

[kapsis21]

Go victo

[CaliSoxFan04]

finally glad to see that bomb!

[jopete19]

The Flyin Hawaiian again! Our offense is looking good! Against a bad pitcher...

[RedSoxNC84]

I thought it would happen during the AB.

 

You said Ells or WMB right?